Rachel Trana
racheltrana.bsky.social
Rachel Trana
@racheltrana.bsky.social
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You're entitled to your own opinions in your head. But if you choose to express them out loud, it's your responsibility to:

(1) Ground them in logic and facts
(2) Explain your reasoning to others
(3) Change them when better evidence emerges
March 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Back in December 2024, Jack Hannah invited me to join him on an episode of Tuple’s new podcast, Distributed (tuple.app/distributed/). I am excited to announce that it went live today at ~5am EDT on podcast players, and will be going live on YouTube at 2pm EDT!(youtu.be/l7hUn1zTLC4?...)
March 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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"I'm just being honest" is a poor excuse for being rude.

Candor is being forthcoming in what you say. Respect is being considerate in how you say it.

Being direct with the content of your feedback doesn't prevent you from being thoughtful about the best way to deliver it.
March 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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My latest op-ed in The Opinion Pages on recent federal changes and how it is impacting people with disabilities.

theopinionpages.com/2025/03/we-n...
We Need To Ensure Federal Protections for the Disabled | The Opinion Pages
When Secretary of Education Linda McMahon fumbled with what IDEA stands for, even as she defended the layoffs of more than 1,300 Department of Education employees, it spoke to how little thought is gi...
theopinionpages.com
March 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM